Programme
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Venue:
Ruhr-University Bochum, Convention Centre (Veranstaltungszentrum)
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Reception at City Hall with Lord Mayor Thomas Eiskirch (for Japanese Guests only) |
| 12:00 pm - 02:00 pm | Venue: RUB Convention Centre Institutional and Funding Fair (including Registration and Light Lunch) |
| 02:00 pm - 02:30 pm | Opening and Welcoming Remarks Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich (Rector RUB) Shinsuke Toda (Deputy Consul General of Japan in Düsseldorf) |
| 02:30 pm - 03:00 pm | Keynote Speech: Japan's proposal "Society 5.0", Prof. Dr. Yuko Harayama (Former Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation) |
| 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: Next Generation AI for Humans and Society 5.0 , Prof. Dr. Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Director, Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Research Center and School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo) |
| 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm | Keynote Lecture: New scientific paradigm through “Datability”, Prof. Dr. Yasushi Yagi (Executive Vice President of Research, Industry-University Co-Creation, and Libraries, Osaka University) |
| 04:00 pm - 04:30 pm | Coffee/Tea Break & Institutional/Funding Fair |
| 04:30 pm - 05:00 pm | Keynote Lecture: Chances and Risks of Society 5.0 - Cybernics Revolution for Social Innovation starting from the University of Tsukuba, Prof. Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai (Executive Research Director at the Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba) |
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: Security Challenges of the Digital Transformation , Prof Dr. Gregor Leander (Director, The Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security, Ruhr-University Bochum) Prof. Dr. Christof Paar (Chair for Embedded Security, Ruhr University Bochum) |
| 05:30 pm - 06:00 pm | Coffee/Tea Break & Institutional/Funding Fair |
| 06:00 pm - 06:05 pm | Introductory Note: Klaus Kaiser (Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Science) |
| 06:05 pm - 07:20 pm | Panel Discussion: Society 5.0 – Chances and Risks of Digital Transformation and the Responsibility of Universities Moderator: Oliver Weimann (Ruhr:HUB, Managing Director) Panelists: Prof. Dr. Masashi Haneda (Executive Vice President, U Tokyo) Prof. Dr. Genta Kawahara (Executive Vice President, Osaka U) Prof Dr. Kyosuke Nagata (President, U Tsukuba) Professor Dr. Ulrich Radtke (HRK Vice-President for Knowledge Transfer to Economy and Society, Rector of the University Duisburg-Essen) Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich (Rector RUB) |
| 07:20 pm | Closing Remarks Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich |
| 07:30 pm - 07:45 pm | Introductory Note Ryuta Mizuuchi (Consul General of Japan in Düsseldorf) Opening of Exhibition "Krupp instead of Cologne Cathedral: the Iwakura Mission in Germany 1873" Prof. Dr. Peter Pantzer (Bonn University) |
| 07:45 pm - 09:30 pm | Reception & Networking |
Friday, 6 July 2018
| 09:00 am - 05:00 pm | Scientific Networking (Parallel Programme for Researchers) |
| Shaping the Law for a Society 5.0 | |
| Cryptography: A Necessity for the Society 5.0 | |
| Perspectives in Metropolitan Research | |
| Molecular Approaches in Biotechnology, Chemical and Molecular Biology | |
| Plasma and Atomic Physics | |
| Digital Humanities and Historical Research on East Asia | |
| Digitalisation of Foreign Language Education | |
| 10:30 am – 05:00 pm | Institutional Networking (Parallel Programme for Vice/Presidents and Executives from International Affairs/Global Engagement Offices of RUB and its Japanese Partner Institutions) Innovative Internationalisation of Graduate Education for A Future Changing Society 5.0 at RUB and its Japanese Partner Universities Guided Campus Tour Innovative University-Industry/Society Collaborations for a Future Changing Society 5.0 at RUB and its Japanese Partner Universities |
| 05:00 pm - 05:25 pm | Transfer to Convention Centre RUB |
| 05:25 pm - 06:45 pm | Venue: Convention Centre RUB, Hall 2b Introductory Note Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich (Rector, RUB) Panel Discussion: Society 5.0 and Strategic University Internationalisation Moderator: Dorothea Mahnke (Resident Director, DAAD Tokyo Office) Panelists: Prof. Dr. Kornelia Freitag (Vice Rector, RUB) Prof. Dr. Masashi Haneda (Executive Vice President, U Tokyo) Prof. Dr. Genta Kawahara (Executive Vice President, Osaka U) Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein (Dean of RUB Research School and Research Academy Ruhr) Prof. Dr. Kyosuke Nagata (President, U Tsukuba) |
| 06:45 pm - 07:00 pm | Wrap Up and Closing Remarks Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich (Rector, RUB) |
| 07:00 pm - 09:00 pm | German BBQ |
Saturday, 7 July 2018
| 10:00 am - 04:00 pm | Sightseeing RUB, Bochum, Ruhr Region |
